Since the last time I blogged a lot has happened!
To start with we attended a course called RCAT
which deals with root cause analysis techniques. This was presented by one of the mentors, Wim Nortier, and it was a very beneficial exercise. I cant wait to use this tool in the work environment it will be a great asset to any investigation.
After the course we were given much needed time to finish our assignments due to interviews that needed to be conducted at the office. This was a bit tricky because I found that the questions was a bit generic, but nothing too serious. At least it is done and out of the way!
This week our days was split into two by doing training observations in the mornings until 12:00
and then working on our health and safety system implementation for the rest of the day.
I learned a lot during this observation exercise and it refreshed a lot of info that I have already learnt. Still I would say you can only learn so much from an observation due to the fact that every persons presentation style will differ due to personality differences. So the next step will be taking that, that I have learned and combining it with my own personal skills and practice practice practice!!!
We have seen a lot of progress with the system and I am sure we are on the right track, but somehow it is still difficult putting different ideas, different perceptions in one format. A lot of this still comes down to perceptions and there is no written formal way of doing it, But I know we are being lead in a direction and I hope we can get there!
To sum it up all is well, I'm still excited as ever and I'm leaving the office with a happy, grateful feeling and very eager to see what the future holds!
Wesley if you are reading this, CONGRATUALIATIONS with your baby girl, All the best whishes for You, Kira and your wife in your next step of life!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
6 March 2009
The last two weeks was spent on two different construction sites, an we were part of a civil construction company, observing their work, pitching in on the labouring duties and doing all kinds of odd jobs.
The main learning experience for me was observing what was going on around us. Absolute chaos!
The work the civil company are doing on both sites is fairly low risk except for the earth moving machinery. Their biggest risks are all the people working around them with no regard for safety and the value of a persons life!
When we got to the first site we waited two hours for our safety induction that was scheduled for 08h00, around the induction room where we waited, I observed many people working unsafely and not following procedures, and the Safety Officer who gave us the induction walked right passed them not even noticing them. So even before I entered the site I realised that people lives were not respected and Safety was purely practiced to comply with legislation, very sad but unfortunately this is the reality!
The most shocking realisation that I got to, is that there was a serious potential for a fatality every day that i was there, You just look around and see people every were working unsafely and can't help to think what if under slightly different circumstances a major injury can happen.
We have now moved on to the second site and I have noticed that there is no proper working safety systems. the only evidence that I could gather was that some people had a safety inducted sticker on their hard hats and that there were some sort of safety consultants on site for about 15 minutes for the whole week. So there is definitely a system but is definitely not working! We as group have not received an induction of a day old. But thank goodness the risks are a lot less but there is definitely still a potential for loss!
So all an all it was a good learning experiance and it strongly motivated me for the future!
The main learning experience for me was observing what was going on around us. Absolute chaos!
The work the civil company are doing on both sites is fairly low risk except for the earth moving machinery. Their biggest risks are all the people working around them with no regard for safety and the value of a persons life!
When we got to the first site we waited two hours for our safety induction that was scheduled for 08h00, around the induction room where we waited, I observed many people working unsafely and not following procedures, and the Safety Officer who gave us the induction walked right passed them not even noticing them. So even before I entered the site I realised that people lives were not respected and Safety was purely practiced to comply with legislation, very sad but unfortunately this is the reality!
The most shocking realisation that I got to, is that there was a serious potential for a fatality every day that i was there, You just look around and see people every were working unsafely and can't help to think what if under slightly different circumstances a major injury can happen.
We have now moved on to the second site and I have noticed that there is no proper working safety systems. the only evidence that I could gather was that some people had a safety inducted sticker on their hard hats and that there were some sort of safety consultants on site for about 15 minutes for the whole week. So there is definitely a system but is definitely not working! We as group have not received an induction of a day old. But thank goodness the risks are a lot less but there is definitely still a potential for loss!
So all an all it was a good learning experiance and it strongly motivated me for the future!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
20 Feb 2009
Wat a week this has been!
Been very busy with train the trainer and incident investigation! I learned a lot from Joe in train the trainer on how to present. It's now simply putting the gained knowledge into practice.
The incident investigation course we did with Francois Storm was an interesting one because of his training style (very passionate and vocal).
We haven't seen our mentors for a while simply because of both parties being very busy.
Its almost the end of the month, and after my first two months i must say that I'm very grateful to have received all the training, coaching and mentoring. The amount of learning that has taken place is tremendous.
I now know for sure that by completion of this program we will all be competent SHEQ professionals! The program has been thought out well and is also very well managed.
Been very busy with train the trainer and incident investigation! I learned a lot from Joe in train the trainer on how to present. It's now simply putting the gained knowledge into practice.
The incident investigation course we did with Francois Storm was an interesting one because of his training style (very passionate and vocal).
We haven't seen our mentors for a while simply because of both parties being very busy.
Its almost the end of the month, and after my first two months i must say that I'm very grateful to have received all the training, coaching and mentoring. The amount of learning that has taken place is tremendous.
I now know for sure that by completion of this program we will all be competent SHEQ professionals! The program has been thought out well and is also very well managed.
Friday, February 6, 2009
06 Feb 2009
Sjoe!
I'm so glad that this week is over, a lot of up and downs!
I was really stressed about the outcome of this coarse, as i have met ACAP an Oom Paul
before. This is not a easy coarse as Jo confirmed today, its actually one of most challenging and
I can vouch for that.
All in all i came out OK, it would have been better if i concentrated a bit more in
the test i must say, but at the end of the day I passed with a CUM LAUDE.
I want to thank Oom Paul for sharing his knowledge, passion and experience if it was not for him, I think i still wouldn't of had a clue about the Common Audit Protocol.
I hope everyone rests out properly, I think we all need it.
I'm so glad that this week is over, a lot of up and downs!
I was really stressed about the outcome of this coarse, as i have met ACAP an Oom Paul
before. This is not a easy coarse as Jo confirmed today, its actually one of most challenging and
I can vouch for that.
All in all i came out OK, it would have been better if i concentrated a bit more in
the test i must say, but at the end of the day I passed with a CUM LAUDE.
I want to thank Oom Paul for sharing his knowledge, passion and experience if it was not for him, I think i still wouldn't of had a clue about the Common Audit Protocol.
I hope everyone rests out properly, I think we all need it.
Friday, January 30, 2009
30 Jan 2009
Presentations
This week we were working on our presentations that we presented today.
I think were we all made our first mistake was taking up to much time wit the
slides and not preparing more, but all in all this was our first attempt and we learned a lot from it.
If I just look at my first at temp on Thursday and compare it with the assessment of today, there
was a major improvement (thanks to the help of Wesley).
this was a very good learning experience and i realised that this is an essential skill that can
be used in many different ways!
I Just want to thank Wesley and Carel for their input.
You can see that Wesley has thought this program through and is fully committed to our development.
This week we were working on our presentations that we presented today.
I think were we all made our first mistake was taking up to much time wit the
slides and not preparing more, but all in all this was our first attempt and we learned a lot from it.
If I just look at my first at temp on Thursday and compare it with the assessment of today, there
was a major improvement (thanks to the help of Wesley).
this was a very good learning experience and i realised that this is an essential skill that can
be used in many different ways!
I Just want to thank Wesley and Carel for their input.
You can see that Wesley has thought this program through and is fully committed to our development.
Monday, January 26, 2009
26 Jan 2009
Today I'm working on my presentation for Friday.
So far it's going well, except for sometimes getting a better example than shown in the original
framework. So far I've extended my knowledge on incident investigation through some research
I've done.
Today was bit of a more relaxed environment, nice for a change not to have to concentrate for a full 7 hours!
So far it's going well, except for sometimes getting a better example than shown in the original
framework. So far I've extended my knowledge on incident investigation through some research
I've done.
Today was bit of a more relaxed environment, nice for a change not to have to concentrate for a full 7 hours!
Friday, January 23, 2009
23 Jan 2009 Riskmaq part 1
What a week!
I don't think I have ever had to or maybe wanted to take in so much in a 4 day period, the test is over and done with, and it went very well!
Outcome.
Very much like the MSRM coarse we did, just a lot more in depth. Basically risk management concepts and systems. I must be honest and say that I'm relieved that we are not doing a coarse next week.
Mark Anderson was a excellent trainer with his expertise on the law, as well as risk management. It is a real privilege for me to have been taught by the IRCA trainers, they all have a great wealth of knowledge and experience.
I don't think I have ever had to or maybe wanted to take in so much in a 4 day period, the test is over and done with, and it went very well!
Outcome.
Very much like the MSRM coarse we did, just a lot more in depth. Basically risk management concepts and systems. I must be honest and say that I'm relieved that we are not doing a coarse next week.
Mark Anderson was a excellent trainer with his expertise on the law, as well as risk management. It is a real privilege for me to have been taught by the IRCA trainers, they all have a great wealth of knowledge and experience.
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